Password crackers have a surprising secret weapon
source: http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/free-stuff/1931-surprising-secret-weapon
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Graphics processing units are powerful enough to conduct quick, effective brute-force attacks on password-protected systems. The researchers pointed out that GPUs have been amped-up over the years to handle increasingly sophisticated computer games, and in the process have achieved the power of a mini-supercomputer. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/free-stuff/1931-surprising-secret-weapon
